Xanthippe

English

Alternative forms

• Xantippe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē), the name of the shrewish wife of Socrates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zænˈθɪpiː/, /zæntɪpiː/ (xantippe is always the latter)

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Noun

Xanthippe (plural Xanthippes)

1. An ill-tempered woman.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:shrew

Derived terms

• Xanthippean
• Xanthippic

Translations

ill-tempered woman

• Finnish: äkäpussi (fi)
• Italian: Santippe
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• Slovak: Xantipa
• Swedish: xantippa (sv)

References

• “Xanthippe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtʰip.peː/, [ks̠än̪ˈt̪ʰɪpːeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtip.pe/, [ksän̪ˈt̪ipːe]

Proper noun

Xanthippē f sg (genitive Xanthippēs); first declension

1. A name, notably that of the philosopher Socrates' wife.

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Xanthippē
Genitive	Xanthippēs
Dative	Xanthippae
Accusative	Xanthippēn
Ablative	Xanthippē
Vocative	Xanthippē

Descendants

• Italian: Santippe

References

• “Xanthippe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Xanthippe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.